Participation to foster shared parenting responsibility of parents and guardians in the educational process

Abstract

Participation to promote shared parenting responsibility involves actively engaging parents and guardians in the educational process. These spaces allow for the exchange of ideas and practices, strengthening the relationship between the family and the school. Family involvement not only improves students' academic performance but also fosters a sense of community, empowering parents in their educational role and reinforcing the rights of children and adolescents. The research is based on the Socio-Critical paradigm, fundamentally identifying the deep nature of the realities under study and their dynamic structure, understanding everything that fully explains their behavior and manifestations. It was developed using the Participatory Action Research modality, through the phases: diagnosis, action planning, action, observation, learning, and reflection. The general purpose is to “promote participation aimed at fostering shared parenting responsibility among the collective of parents and guardians in the educational process of the 'Doctor José Manuel Siso Martínez' Educational Unit in the municipality of Valera,” and from the voices of social actors to achieve the generation of knowledge through the SWOT matrix, direct observation, discussions, interviews, and systematization, concluding that the participation of parents and guardians is essential to foster shared parenting responsibility and that this active involvement benefits not only the academic development of students but also strengthens their emotional well-being.